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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
BAR. Their.
Place of Observation
Higher. slower.
SENSIBLE SUGGESTION.

That was a very sensible suggestion Mayor
AMEs made to the city council of Mime
apolis that hereafter all ordinances be writ
ten out in plain. common, every day English,
so that there could be no misunderstanding
their meaning. 1t is an exhibition of learned
folly, for which there is not the shadow of
an excuse OH the part of our lawmakers.
to weigh the statutes down with a mass of
legal yerbiage and technical phrases which
render them entirely unntelligible to the
great mass of the people. The theory of
our law is that every man is presumed to
know the law. and yet in most instances
the laws are framed in such learned jargon
that nine-tenths of the lay people can't I'M
derstand them and half of the judges
are unable to eXpound them. This is very
ridiculous practice our lawmakers have i'll
herted from the darker ages of civilization
when laws were framed for the express pur-
pose of being made obscure to the common
masses. 1t is time that we were getting rid
or this foolishness. We are a plain speak
ing English race, and there is no reason
why the simplest styles of English
composition should not be employed in
drafting laws and ordinances for the gov
eminent of the people. French phrases
and Latin jingo are as much out of place in
a statute us bull III china shop. There
is plain common sense way to do every
thing, and the common sense way to frame
a law is to write it in the language the peo-
pie speak iii their homes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
Schwartz and Watt Convicted Oh
Murder at M orris, ILL.,.
Their Victim Being the Express Mes
senger, kellogg Kfchols.

Months. ILL.,, April lathe protracted
trial of the brakeman, Harry Schwartz, and
Newton Watt for the murde: of Express
Messenger kellogg Nichols on Rock
Island train year ago, came to an END
to-day. After having been in court twenty
SIX days, Sundays included. and LOG wit
nesses having been examined. the case was
given TO the jury at p. IN. The last
speech for the prosecution lasted most OF
the day, being five hours in delivery. In
structlons from the court were very numeG-
GUS, and required fifty minutes to read.
recess was taken pending the jury's de-
clsion. After being out five hours and
ten minutes. one hour of which was spent
at supper. the jury were ready with YER
dict Before they had time to appear be-
fore the judge the courtroom was filled
with spectators, many ladies being present.
A death-like stiffness peryaded the room
when the judge taking the verdict, read
aloud the words pr0nouncing Watt and
Schwartz guilty CT the murder and SEN
fencing them to imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary for life The verdict was received
by the prisoners without look or action of
surprise. They were quietly taken to theiI
cells, and tomorrow their attorneys will
enter motion for new trial. The motion
Will doubtless be overruled Then notice
Will be given of an appeal and i'll all prob
ability stay OF proceedings and hearing
II the upper courts will follow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
ADDITIONAL MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.
NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY.

Will Minneapolis GET st?..The Ex-
position BOARD Considers IL.
a proposition was Yesterday made the Ex-
position board to secure a season OF the
National Opera company on its return from
San Francisco. A NJ. Bailey made the propo
sition in the following statements: For six
weeks and a matinee the guarantee must be
$4,000; the Exposition building, at a cost of
$500, can be arranged to accommodate 5000
people. by arranging the music platform for
permanent stage and making an auditorium
OF the upper floor; he doomed the company
with its 800 people and its director, Theodore
Thomas, but he did not believe there was any
profit in it. His idea was that the city and
Exposition would get great advertisement,
and the Exposition would come out
about ever on it. The directors discussed
the plan at considerable length. some of them
even ''guying'' it somewhat. Mr.. Bailey
made satisfactory explanations of every point
raised against the plan, which was finally re-
ferred to the committee on music.
Vice President Gale informed the board the
Salvation army wanted the building inmedi-
ately after the Sam Jones revivalS, for the
purpose OF holding a great jubilee and for
mally declaring Minneapolis the Northwest
ern headquarters OF the army OF the Lord.
The funny members again got in their work,
and some mention was made of a guarantee,
which met the sharp rejoinder of Mr.. Gale
that the army always paid its bills. Tie mat
ter was referred to the executive committee,
which will also consider the proposition of
General Manager Palmer to send experienced
men out after exhibits.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
Total number of deeds sixty-three. s.
A TRaFLE MYSTERIOUS.
Gang of Men Supposed TO Have
Assembled to Tear Down n Build-
ing.

Gang of Men supposed TO Have
Assembled to Tear DO win a Build-
ing.
crowd of hod-carriers and bricklayers,
numbering about thirty, assembled silently
at the corner of Tenth and st. Peter streets
at midnight, and commenced to tear
away the scafolding from the walls
of a three-story brick block in
course of construction on that corner. They
were stopped by the policeman on the beat
and drew Off for a consultation. The man
who seemed to be at the head of the crowd
then went to the central police station and
asked permission from the lieutenant in
charge to remove the scaffolding. He
claimed to be the contractor, and said
the tools and scaffolding were his property
Sergeant Hanft accompanied him back to
where the crowd was in waiting, and after an
investigation of the premises ordered them to
dispense, which they reluctantly did. The
building in question is owned by J.
r. aMcMurran and j. T. Fulton,
and Dennis Harrigan, well known builder,
has the contract for its construction. Work
was begun last fall and resumed again re-
Gently, and the walls have already gone up one
story. disagreement arose recently between
the contractor and owners. and it is believed
the men assembled last night with the inten-
ton of tearing down the walls. They we're
very quiet and orderly in their movements
but refused to talk on the subject when
questioned by q reporter.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
SELF PROTECTION.

1t is quite evident that the national
board OF health should take some steps to
protect this country from the dangers of
our badly regulated immigration system.
1t has been but short time since this whole
Northwestern section had a bad scare from
he appearance of small oX in Chicago,
which was brought to that city by Italians
who had arrived a few days earlier in New
York on filthy and over crowded steamer.
There is laxity about immigration this
year Which is not only indefeisible, but is
absolutely dangerous. In the first place
the steamers which bring immigrants to
our shores this season are crowded beyond
the limits of safety, and in the second
place there seems to have been no effort to
enforce the health regulations which are
required to be observed on immigrant YES
sells. When the Scotia ran ashore ON Long
Island beach, few weeks ago. she had on
board S35 passengers. when under our
laws she was only allowed to carry 4S6.
Nearly all OF these passengers had started
for America Oh the Burgundia, which was
limited by our laws to 454 passengers. The
Chandernagor, which is permitted to carry
about 500 passengers, sailed into port with
nearly 1, 800 ON board and one of them was
down with the smallpox. The terrible
cholera epidemic, which has slain between
$1,000 and 30, 200 people in South America
during the winter, was taken to Buenos
Ayres last fall by vessel loaded with
Italian Immigrants. Before making her
unfortunate trip to this country the Scotia
had been plying between the Mediterranean
ports and Buenos Ayres. and had every OPP
portunity to load up with the germs of
cholera. TO be planted Oil our own shores.
These things are outrageous and ought not
to be allowed. There ought to be some
means for this country to establish aud ELL
force sanitary restrictions for our own pro-
lection. What do we keep up an expensive
consular system for, if our consuls and COM
mercial agents cannot prevent the sailing of
vessels from foreign ports to our shores in
violation Of our laws.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
Two Dangerous fires.

NEW YORK, April 10.-Fire broke out
this morning in two big tenement houses in
this city and scenes of wild confusion fol-
lowed. One was at Sixty-ninth street and
One Hundred and Sixteenth avenue. and
the other in West Sixteenth street. The
former building is five stories high and just
opened to tenants Being strangers to the
intricacies of the building, many people ran
into danger in their efforts to escape. The
police dragged to the roof women and
children nearly suffocated with the dense
smoke. Eleven children were thus rescued,
as was Nicholas Clutch, who was severely
burned. The loss in money was light. In
the West Sixteenth street tenement there
were seventeen families. On the fourth
floor John Keenan, and his invalid daughter
Mary lived. He refused to leave her while
the flames were burning up the wood work
of the room, and both father and daughter
were rescued by the hook and ladder COM
pany. The fire started in Weiman's bakery
in the basement. and the police are
searching for Weiman to explain how it
originated
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
ANARCHISTS DasBANp.
Chicago InternatiOnalists Formally
Dissolve Their OcgauiZafian

CHICAGO, April I9.-An event which q
year ago would have been considered of
startling Importance happened in Chicago
a few days ago. The formidable
organization which filed the history
of Chicago for the year 1886 with
terror and excitement drew it's last
breath and was buried. The anarchists
groups of the international working people's
association disbanded. There was no particu-
lar excitement about this occurrence None
of the once influential and power
full leaders attended the funeral.
The burial of the International Working
Peoples association took place at So Emma
street in the presence of about fifty men.
who still remained in the various
groups. They were members of the
Northwest, South, West and South side groups
of the international Working Peoples asso-
citation OF the general committee-the central
body OF the internationalists and of the
Lehr and Weir vereins. Jacob Grun-
in lengthy speech announced the
object of the meeting. 1T was called to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY of disbanding.
our organization" he said. 'sMany
stories have been circulated about u.s.
We were told that spies were in our
midst, and that agents provocateures had
been instructed to incte US TO nsIcheyous
deeds. Although personally take no stock
in the stories, l would suggest we give our
ity to speak, ''The conservative
FRIEND to whom Mr.. Grunneberg
alluded was one of the leaders of the Central
Labor union. His speech, which was of muoh
the same tenor as the ehairInan's, but more
lengthy and impassioned, made quite an
impression on the scared crowd. They
looked with suspicion at each other
as if trying TO discover spies and for a few
moments nobody da ed to open his mouth.
The silence was finally broken by a man
named Mcneil who moved that
the organization be disbanded. Several
speakers made faint attempt to
oppose the motion. ''The conservatives
friend again made an earnest appeal You
have no organ,'' the speaker said. "your
lame is mentioned with horror and con-
tempt even by workingmen. If the
lives OF the eight convicted men now
In the county jail are dear to you disband,
and let all our experience be forgotten for
ever The motion was finally submitted to
vote, and it was carried without dissent
ing voice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
TALL LYING DONE
By Detectives who Wished 10 Mage
nifty the VaIue of Their Services.

PHILADELPHIA, April 19.-After
thorough investigation of the published re-
ports that during the last two years train
men on single division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad system had been permitted
to rob packages to the extent of $500, 600,
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad officers have dis
covered that such reports are grossly exag-
gerated. The detectives, it seems. have
been endeavoring to magnify the value of
their services. There has been, it is adj
mitted, some petty theving by train hands
on the Pittsburg division of the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati IL st. Louis railroad going on
for some time but it has consisted princi-
pally OF such things as a pair of shoes,
box OF cigars and tobacco distracted from
cars, amounting in theaggregate to thousands
OF dollars, where hundreds of thousands
have been named. A PENNSYLVANIA rail-
road official to-day said:
l have official figures here to show that the
loss through damage and theft to freight dur
ing 1885 on the line between Pittsburg and
Columbus amounted to only Slj45S.22 and
all of these claims have already been settled:
the exact figures from the Panhandle division
nave not yet been secured, but enough has
peen ascertained to show that the losses were
no greater by comparison than on the other
divisions.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
Central A American Unity.

New YORK, April ia letter from Qua
temaia says: Heretofore the great obstacle to
Central American unification has been the
Indifference of Nicaragua and the opposition
of Costa RIGA. President Bernardo Soto, of
the latter republic has, however, entirely
changed the former policy of the country,
and has brought the people TO a
realizing sense of the great benefit
which would result from unifca-
ton. He sent representatives to the late
convention here and the new president fol-
lowed his example. President Soto is now a
champion of the unif1cation idea, and his i'm
portance as factor in Central American
politics is glowing every day. By the terms
of the new treaty u citizen of one Central
American republic can become citizen of
the others without naturalization, and all
natural products can pass from one country
to another without paying custom duty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
Bisma re ks New Road.

SpeCIdl 10 tuO OlODG.
BISMARCK, OAK, April 19.-The reported
acceptance of this city's proposition to the
Aberdeen, Bismarck s. Northwestern Railroad
company was premature. The railroad COM
pany, however, returned counter PROPOSE
ton and asked the city to consider the sam
and telegraph an answer. In response a
meeting of citizens was called to consider the
proposition at p. m. to-day. Between 800
and 400 leading business men assembled in
mass meeting and discussed the situation
with great enthusiasm. A motion to accept
the proposition of the railroad company was
carried without dissenting voice, and amidst
an uproar of applause. Eloquent and enthu-
siastlc addresses were made by ex-Goy
Pierce, Judge Francis, Mayor Bentley, Col.
Hughes and others. The proposition ac-
cepted is to donate forty acres of ground for
round houses and shops, two blocks Tor a
depot and the right of way through the city
to the river. A subscription was opened for
funds to purchase depot grounds and the
right of way, and number subscribed $1,000
each. Territorial Treasurer j. w. Raymond
subscribed ten acres of the forty required for
terminal facilities Hon. Alexander Hughes
was appointed committee to telegraph the
acceptance to the company, and to confer
with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul COM
pany to offer inducements to bring that road
to Bismarck this summer. 1t is now settled
by contract that Bismarck will have one
new road by Nov. l, 1887, and it is hoped the
Milwaukee s. ST. Paul may be induced to come
nv the same time
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20

On Sunday morning. May 1, will be is
sued from the new GLOBE Building 4
special edition of this paper. 1t will be a
unique and intensely interesting publica-
tion-just such paper as every Business
Man, Manufacturer and Dealer in Real
Estate will desire to be handsomely repre-
scented in. The space devoted to adyertis-
irg fayors will be necessarily limited;
therefore, those desiring to avail themselves
of this unusually desirable medium of COM
munication with the public, should indicate
that desire to the Publisher at an early day.
All contracts must be made directly with
this office The edition will be composed
of 80, 900 copies, with neat and attractive
Autograph covers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
Chips FROM the 'Ties.

Hereafter the St. Cloud s. WilImar line Of
the Manitoba system will be operated by the
Fergus Falls officials and will hereafter con-
stitute part Of the Fergus Falls division.
w. I. Small, who a few days since sue
ceeded George W. Cushing, of the Northern
Pacific road, as superintendent OF machinery,
is brother of H. J. Small of Brainerd.
r Mr.. Du Puy, of the Minnesota g. Northwest
ern, has gone TO Chicago to meet Mr.. Stick
ney, who has just returned from England.
Both will probably be back in week.
The st. Paul and Minneapolis Passenger
association has meeting in st. Paul to-day.
a. c. Sheldon, general agent at Portland OF
the Burlington g. Northern, is in st. Paul.
Within two weeks the Northwestern will
have the cars running into Mitchell.
j. T.. Clark general freight agent of the
Omaha, will go to Omaha to-day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
A KICK FROM ST. LOUIS.
The Millers There think Mime.
apOlis Has FOO Soft "a Ching.

apOlis Has Foo Soft "a Ching.
WASHINGTON, April l9.-The interstate
commerce commission has decided to hear
representatives of the transcontinental rail-
roads on Thursday of this week upon their
application for suspension of the long and
short haul clause. The commission has re-
piled to Louis Furz, president of the st.
Louis Millers association, acknowledging the
receipt of a petition from the association
praying relief against the discriminating
rates on flour from Minneapolis under the
transit" system, which Is alleged to pre-.
clude mills south or east of Minneapolis from
competing with that port for domestic
or foreign trade. The commission
does not understand the petition
to complain of the rates established under
the Interstate commerce law, but that it, On
the contrary. comedies that the new rates are
reasonable as compared with those from St.
LOUIS. The complaint is that there is on one
hand an accumulation of what is known as
"transltS," which must control rates until
they are worked off, and that as conse-
quence the new rates are ineffective except
as applied to local points between Minneapo-
lis and Chicago. Thus while the tariff is So
cents per barrel from Minneapolis to Chicago,
the actual rate is still 10 cents per BARREL and
the milling interests in all other sections of
the country are paralyzed by such
INDUSTRIOUS DISCRIMINATION.
1t is clear, the letter continues, that the
commission could not grant relief by giving
to st. Louis exceptional advantages CORE
spending to those which Minneapolis is said
now to enjoy. That would be dissemination
against other localities as indefensble and as
much opposed TO the law as the transit system
itself. Neither could the commission compel
the railroads upon which St. Louis depends to
reduce the rates on flour to the level of
Minneapolis, where, as the petitioner con-
cedes, higher rate is reasonable. If the
transit system is pernicious it would OBJ
viously be unwarrantable for the commission
to order Or sanction anything that would ex-
tend or perpetuate the mischief.
"lt may be question, perhaps"
the commission says. whether the
SO called 'transits' have such validity in law
that the companies issuing them are bound TO
give transportation according to their terms.
when the effect would be to discriminate IN
favor of one or more localities against others.
That question is not brought before us by
your petition and could only be raised in
some proceedings which would directly pre-
sent it. and in which parties interested would
have opportunity to be heard" Edward A.
Mosely, of Boston, has been elected secretary
of the interstate commerce commission. He
is Democratic member Of the Massachusetts,
legislature aud one Of the committee on Iail-
roads. He was strongly Endorsed for one OF
the commissioners. Mr.. Mosley has been
merchant of high standing in Boston for
many years. He is resident of NewDury-
port
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
MINNIE REAL ESTATE.

The following real estate transfers were
corded yesterday
Its l. 2 and 8. blk %, Osseo Bruno Dupont
to Louis Lapre. $4,000
Lit 9, blk Is, Wolverton's add; Lewis to
w l. Hunt. 3,U00
1t l5 blk i2, Thwng's add; John scuddee
to Frank Ranchner.... Observation-Disclosures. 1000
1t IL blk 2, Corsons add; w Aallowell,
Jr, to James Mckinney. Observation-Disclosures. 1,400
Land in sec Is, town lis. range %: F }
Gacon to John Gacon..... .............. 1880
Its 13 and IA, blk Is, North Minneapolis; r
Rempter to w Baumbach. ........... 4,325
Land in sec 30, town 29, range "a; A Gould
to Mead .......... .................. $500
Land in sec 49, town ll9, range "a; Gottfried
Modrow to Joseph Coutener ....... ...... Its
Its and {, blk "a, Remmlngton's Second
add; w A Eggleton to NJ D McMahon..... 1850
Its 2, and A, blk 2, Bottimans Second add;
w l. Hunt to F Lewis. Observation-Disclosures. 1850
Land in section Is, town 81 range "a; A J
Shores to VIM Chadwick. ............. 1000
Its 20 and 80, blk g. and 1t 2. blk 5. Mound
Bay Park add; A Chapman to Armes.. 1850
Its IS, 10, 20 and 81, blk A. Prospect park;
MFMolyneaux to G Grinstad -. 80. .... 1000
Its H. blk !, Hawkins add; L Lamb to
Allen Haines. -. ........ $500
Lit Esblk AZ, Sherburne s. Bubes add; CD
Gedney to l. Sanborn ............ 2,750
Land III section 20, town IFS, range 20; w
Campbell to a Currie ...:....... s,lO0
1t s and part 1t 8, blk 4, Morse's add WP
Miller TO Miller..... LOCO
1t {. blk 8, Todds add; Todd to j Z Han
son. Observation-Disclosures. 1,100
LIT 10, blk 2, Perkins add P Pratt to
James Best Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Its and 9, blk A, Morse's add; Miller to
G saton... Observation-Disclosures. 1,l3s
Lit 3, blk 81, Mill Company add; F Reeves
to j B Perkins. Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Its IL and IL, blk 6, Snyder & Co.'s First add
E Cooley to Nellie Mead. ........... 10000
Its g. 9, 10, II, IL, 49, A. Is, 49, II, is and 49,
blk l3, Wrights add; Leland to G
Shepherd. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
Its Is and IL, blk g. Motor Line add; James
Coidsburg to L Finley. Observation-Disclosures. 2,4O0
1t 2, blk g Mc1ntyre's subd; John II McIn-
tyre to John Ruhe. ...................... 1890
Its IS, 10, 90, 21 % and %, blk l, Morse's
add; H Belden to James NJ sullivan..,.. 1880
Nine unpublished deeds. 2S, 500
Twenty-Five minor deeds, less than $1,000
each. Observation-Disclosures. .......... 1862